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...This new African impatience may be having an effect. In his inauguration speech, Mugabe unexpectedly raised the possibility of sharing power with the opposition. "It is my hope that sooner rather than later, we shall as diverse political parties hold consultations toward such serious dialogue as will minimise our differences and enhance the area of unity and cooperation," he said. Mugabe's sudden appetite for peaceful talks may be mere rhetoric; certainly, no one expects "Uncle Bob" to step down anytime soon. But it could be that even he, the most ferocious of the dinosaurs, realizes that their...
What's at stake? Rebuilding Ground Zero was going to be America's statement of defiance to those who attacked us, our Knute Rockne speech to the nation. Seven years later, the lack of progress isn't just keeping us from rising from the rubble in downtown Manhattan. It's showing why we're lagging in the next great challenge to American power...
...latest sex charges are sure to take Anwar's time away from wooing potential defectors. Anwar is now launching a defamation suit against his accuser and has planned a speech to supporters, presumably one of many he will need to give if he is to convince the public of his innocence. So far, it's not clear how parliamentarians who might be tempted to join the opposition will react to the sodomy accusation. "For the general Malaysian public, especially Muslims, this is the worst charge they could come up with to soil my character," says Anwar...
...commitments. China and India, however, refuse to consider carbon-cutting action that could slow their exploding economic growth. Hence the climate deadlock - an appropriate word - the former Prime Minister has set himself to break. "Now is the moment to get serious about a solution," Blair said in a speech Friday. "Such a solution has to be global...
Speaking to TIME after his speech, Blair - who put climate change high on the G8's agenda when he hosted the 2005 summit in Gleneagles - was characteristically optimistic. "When I began this process in 2005, the issue was one of political will," he said. "But the world has woken up. The question is not, what is the problem, but what is the solution?" In a way, Blair is right. From San Antonio to Shanghai, ordinary people, business leaders and politicians are worried about climate change. They're afraid, and they want something done about it. Even the long recalcitrant...